Curtain-bracket.



no. 672,045, Patented Apr. I6, lem. c. sT. CLAIR.

. CURTAIN BRACKET.

(Applicationhled Nov. 1 .1900.)

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CHARLES B. ST. CLAIR, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

cu RrAl-N- BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming' 0f Letters-Patent N0. 672,045, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed November l, 1900. Serial No. 35,158. (No model.)

in curtain-brackets; and'it consists-in thenovel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, liigure 1 is a perspective view of the bracket'assembled. Fig. 2 is a face elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a face View of one of the sections thereof. Fig. LLis a face View of the opposite section. Fig. 5is a cross-section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a face view showing a modiiication'of the manner of adjusting the sections; and Fig. 7 is a general view showing a window-frame and a curtain suspended from the bracket mounted on tcp of the frame.

The object of my invention is to construct a curtain-bracket which can be carefully adjusted to any length of curtain-polein a mini? mum amount of time, one which is simple in construction, cheap, and durable, and one possessing further and other advantages bet ter apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, l l' represent the respective sectionsof the bracket, the said sections having lateral extensions or olfsets 2 2',projectiug beyond the peripheral surface of. the average pole and curtain wound thereon,

the one extension 2 having formed along its edge a groove 3 to receivelthe free edge of the adjacent extension and having acorrespond ing groove 3 at its lower edge to receive the corresponding edge of the other section. The two sections thus telescope one into the other and can be lengthened or shortened, according` to the length of the pole to be mounted between the supporting-arms 4 5. The arms 5 are bent outwardly from the plates constituting the respective sections, a portion of Athe metal of each section proper and of each arm being severed and the lobes thus cut bent back in t-he plane of the sections,`forming wings or lobes 6 6, each provided with openings 7 for the reception of the securing-nails S, driven therethrough and into the windowiralnc. (See Fig. '7.) Each extension 2 2' is either provided with a series of openings f), which when properly alined after the sections are adjusted receive a screw 10,v

which serves totem porarilysecure the bracket to the frame. At the same time the screw 10 serves asa pivot about which the bracket can be turned or swung in a vertical plane to carefully adjust the same horizontally and bring the lower edge of the curtain parallel with the bottom `sill of the window. In lieu of the openings 9 the respective sections may be provided with alining longitudinal slits 9',through which the screw l0 may be passed, the slits being the preferable construction, as a more accurate adjustmnt can be effected. By having the lateral extensions 2 2 project beyond the periphery of the average pole and curtain wound thereon the screw 10 is readily accessible, and the adjustment can be eected even after the pole and curtain are hung.

Each section is preferably made of a single piece of metal, and when the bracket in its assembled form is carefully adjusted both as to length and horizontal position the same ispermanenti y secured to the window-frame by the nails 8, driven through the openings otr the lobes or wings 6. i

Itis apparent, of course,that minor changes might be resorted to in the present device Without departing from the spirit of my invention. With slight modification it may be made ,to support portires and the like. To impart a neat and smooth finish to the respective sections, the edges of the metal are folded against the face of the metal, as best shown in.- the drawings.

'Having described my invention, what I claim is- A curtain-bracket comprising two metallic and the lower edge of the same section being severing of a portion ofA the metal yfrom the bent to fortnjagroove to receive the eorrerespective sections, substantially asset forth. lo spondng partsgoftheopposite section, slots In testimony whereof '1 aix my signature or openings formed inthe olfsets for the ref in presence of two witnesses.

5 -ception ofaecuring-serew, pole-supporting CHARLES B. ST. CLAIR.

arms formed on ea'ch section, and'termlinai Witnesses:

perforated lobes bent outwardin the plane of EMIL STAREK, the bracket, said lobes being formed by the f GEORGE L. BELFRY. 

